The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-25

you ought to be ratified and Endorsed
by those who know you best and love
you most"
"Well," said 1, "will you attend to
thatp" .
Eyes, of course / will. You must
not give up hope. where do you buy
your meatP"
told him the name of the butcher.
"And do you owe him about the
same that you do meP"
said l didn't think there could be
So one way or the other. 81
"Well, give me memorandum OF
what you can call to mind that you owe
around town. l will see all these par
ties and we will get them together and
work up strong and hearty home in.
dorsement for you, which will enable
you to settle with all OF us at par in the
event of your election
gave him list.
That evening load of lumber was
deposited on my lawn and man came
in to borrow few pounds of fence
nails. asked him what he wanted to
do, for thought he was going to nail
campaign lie or something. He said
he was the man who was sent up to
build kind of "trussle" in front of my
house. What forp" I asked, with eyes
like a startled fawn. "Why, for the
speakers to stand on" said he. ut is
kind of combination racket Some
thing between home Endorsement and
a mass-meeting of creditors. You are
to be surprised and gratified tomorrow
evening as near as l can make out"
He then built wobbly scaffold, one
end of which was nailed to the bay
window of the house.
The next evening my heart swelled
when l heard campaign band coming
up the street trying to see how little 1t
could play and still draw its salary.
The band was followed by men with
torches and speakers in carriages. A
messenger was sent into the house to
tell me that was about to be waited
upon by my old friends and neighbors,
who desired to deliver to me their hear
ty Endorsement and large, Willow
covered two-gallon godspeed as a mark
of esteem.
The spokesman. as soon as had
stepped out on my veranda. mounted
the improvised platform previously
erected, and after short and salivary
solo and chorus by the band, said as
follows, as nearly as 1 can now recall
his words:
"Mr. Nye."
"SIR; We have read with pain the
open and venomous attacks of the foul
and putrid press of our town, and come
here tonight to vindicate by our pres
ence your utter innocence as man. as
fellow-citizen, as neighl,or. as
mother, brother or sister.
No one could look down into your
open face and deep, earnest lungs and
then doubt you as q man. as fellow
citizon, as a neighbor, as father,
mother, brother or sister. You came
to us poor man and staked your all
on the growth of this town. We like
you because you are still poor. You
cannot be too poor to suit us. 1t shows
that you are not corrupt
"Mr. Nye, on behalf of this vast
assemblage tremulo) l thank God that
you are POOR !"
He then drew from his pocket
little memorandum, and, holding it up
10 a torch, so that he could SOC it bet
ter, said that Mr.. Limberquid would
emit a few desultory rom arks.
Mr.. Limberquid, 10 whom I was at
that time indebted for past favors In
the meat line, or. as you may say. the
tenderloin, though no fault Of mine,
then arose and said in words and fig
ures as follows, te-wit:
SIR: l desire to say that We who
know Mr.. Nye best are here to say that
he certainly has one of the most charm.
ing wives in this Territory. What do
we care for the villifications of the
press--a press. hired, venial. corrupt
reeking in filth and oozy with the slime
of its own impaired circulation. snap
ping at the heels of its superiors and
stepped in the reeking poison and loollu-
ton of its own shopworn and unma rket-
able opinionsP
We do not care cuss! (Applause.)
What do va care that homelv man